Burial-robe.



PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907. W. J. WORDEN. BURIAL ROBE. v APPLICATION FILED DBO. 22,1906.

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No. 845.840. PATBNTED MAR. 5, 1907.

W. J. WORDEN. BURIAL ROBE.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 32. 1906.

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UNITED STATES WILLIAM J. WORDENTOF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BURIAL-ROBE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed December 22,1906. Serial No. 349.070.

To all whom, 711; may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. WORDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and

State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial- Robes, of which the following 18 a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front view of the complete robe; Fig. 2, a sectional view on the line ll 11 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a similar view on the line III 111 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4, a sectional view on the line IV 1V of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5, a rear view of the robe open, portions of it being broken away.

My invention relates to burial-robes for men; and it consists in certain improvements over the burial-robe patented by me July 19, 1904, and numbered 765,536.

The object of the invention is to so shape the front part of the robe as to give it the appearance of a coat and waistcoat, the skirt,

which is secured to the false waistcoat, being folded at the waist-line to simulate and give the appearance of the lower portion of the coat.

Another object of the invention is to finish the lower end of the waistcoat in the usual manner of a complete waistcoat as worn by men and to have said completed lower portion extended over the skirt in order to give the garment a pleasing and natural appearance.

The robe as a whole consists of the body part 1, which is open at the back throughout its length and is also open at its front from its upper end downward a short distance, as an ordinary waistcoat. The front of the robe at its upper end is formed with the false waistcoat part 2, the upper parts of which overlap and are seemingly buttoned in the usual manner. The outer edges of this false waistcoat are secured to a false shirt-front 3, and the lower ends of the two parts of the waistcoat are finished in the usual manner of the regular waistcoat.

The front upper part of the robe is divided centrally, and the two edges thereof are shaped to form a coat-collar 4L and the lapels thereof 5, and sleeves 6 are secured therein to form said upper part of the robe into a coat. The coat part of the robe terminates in the seam 7 at the waist-line.

The lower part of the robe is formed as a skirt 8, the upper part of said skirt being secured to the inner side of the waistcoat and to the coat part of the robe at the seam 7. The upper portion of thls skirt, beginning at the ends of the seam 7, is folded at 9 to simulate continuations of the front edges of. the coat. These folds are carried down the skirt a suitable distance and are then flattened out or merged into the body of the skirt. By carrying a portion of the front edge of the skirt up under the false waistcoat, as at 8 in Fig. 5, so that the lower edges of the waistcoat project over the skirt, and then folding the skirt below the waist-line seam 7 to simulate the front edges of the coat it will be readily seen that the robe will have a very natural appearance, giving the impression that the body is regular and properly clothed with coat and waistcoat.

Heretorore burial-robes for men have been made with a skirt, as shown in my patent hereinbei'ore mentioned; but this skirt has always been sewed on at the waist-line in such manner as to make them look unnatural, the ract that the robe is merely a robe and not 'a suit or' clothes being apparent to the casual observer. This ract renders a robe or this class objectionable to prospective purchasers-that is to say, to the relatives or friends of the deadand thereby has detracted from their merchantable value.

With my present improvement the garment has a natural and pleasing appearance, while at the same time it may be very cheaply manufactured. It has all the appearance of a complete suit of clothes and in many ways is much more desirable than a complete suit, for the reason that it is much more easily fitted to the body, and being made especially as a burial-robe it is better adapted i'or that use than a suit of clothes made in the ordinary manner. As a merchantable article it would be much more desirable, as it has all the appearance of a suit, and from the fact that it is reduced in price below the suit price it will greatly increase the sale of this class of mens burial garments, therefore being profitable to the manufacturer, jobber, and retailer of same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A burial-robe comprising a body open at the back throughout its length and open at its front from its upper end to an intermediate point in its length and having a coat-collar, lapels and sleeves, a false waistcoat arrangedwithin and between the lapel portions of the coat, a skirt secured to the lower end of the coat portion and under the lower end of the waistcoat, whereby the lower edge of the waistcoat is extended over and lies on the outer side of the skirt.

2. A burial-robe comprising a body open at the back throughout its length and open at its front from its upper end to an intermediate point in its length and having a coatcollar, lapels and sleeves, a false waistcoat arranged within and between the lapel portion of the coat, a skirt secured to the lower end of the coat portion and under the lower end of the waistcoat, whereby the lower edge of the waistcoat will extend over and lie on G. H. OLDRING, GEO. M. TAYNLING. 

